Wendy Davis' Working Girl Sneaker Is Sweeping the Nation

There's no question: Leaning In is much easier to do in cool kicks. Accordingly, welcome to the Year of the Working Girl Sneaker. Sex and The City's professional Manolo effect has given way, thank the Lord, to colorful sneakers en route to (and sometimes even inside) the office, paired with regs business casual outfits.

While it's long been a fad on New York subways, a mainstay of fashion inspiration for those of us who live here, the Working Girl Sneaker's made a big splash in Washington and beyond these last few days. Mainly thanks to Sen. Wendy Davis, the BAMF, Connie Britton-esque role model who successfully staged a 13-hour filibuster against Texas' extreme abortion ban bill, SB 5, last night.

The restrictions of the filibuster itself were severe (no leaning against things, always stand upright, never stop talking, et cetera), so Davis chose to rock pink and green running shoes along with her crisp Senate floor outfit. (Maybe she gets her practicality from being a former 19-year-old single mom who was the first in her family to go to college, much less Harvard.)

Davis takes her cues from the greatest: Back in March, there was a rumor that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was slow to rise from her chair due to ailing health. Actually, she'd slipped her shoes off during the argument in court and had trouble finding them again.

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As documented by Buzzfeed, the trend has even trickled down to SCOTUS and broadcast interns on the Hill, who yesterday took part in the D.C. tradition "The Running of The Interns," which happens every time there's a big Supreme Court ruling they need to hand off to their supervisors.

Here they are mid-run, like majestic unpaid gazelles:

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If you haven't gone to Lady Foot Locker this season and snagged a neon-colored pair, do it immediately — trust me, your blisters will thank you.

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